Police Investigate Two Deaths at Sunset Music Festival

Tampa police reported that a man and woman died after attending the weekend event; multiple reports suggest the pair died from overdoses.

Authorities say two people are dead and 57 others were hospitalized after attending a Tampa, Fla., music festival. The Sunset Music Festival was held at Raymond James Stadium on Saturday and Sunday.

Tampa police reported in a news release that a 22-year-old Melbourne man, Alex Haynes, and a 21-year-old Kissimmee woman, Katie Bermudez, were hospitalized Saturday. The man died Sunday, and the woman died Monday.

The medical examiner’s office wasn’t immediately reporting a cause of death, though multiple reports suggest the pair died from overdoses.

A spokesperson for St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa told WFLA the volume of festgoers visiting the hospital for drug overdoses over the weekend was “frightening.”